Civil War Battlefield Preservation

National Park Service Director Jonathan B. Jarvis announced, June 10, more than $3.1 million in grants to help preserve Civil War battlefields. The Land and Water Conservation Fund grants will preserve more than 270 acres of battlefields that are threatened with damage or destruction by development, he said.

They include $78,531.50 to the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission for 8.85 acres at Gettysburg.